State News

Nearly 600 Iowa evangelical Christians rose with enthusiastic ovations when their president was praised last night during the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition’s fall fundraiser in Des Moines. Steve Scheffler, the organization’s president, said since he’s […]

A top state administrator is considering a change that would have state employees conduct the screening for prospective foster parents rather than out-source that work. Iowa Department of Human Services director Jerry Foxhoven says it’s […]

The state unemployment rate edged up to 3.3% in August after sitting at 3.2% the last two months. Iowa Workforce Development spokesman Cory Kelly says the state saw it’s fourth straight increase in non-farm employment […]

The Sioux City Journal is reporting that a northwest Iowa Republican plans to resign from the state senate to take a job in Cherokee County. Forty-year-old Bill Anderson of Pierson was an aide to Senator Chuck […]

A Senate Republican Caucus staff employee at the center of a sexual harassment lawsuit has resigned. Kirsten Anderson is the communications director for Senate Republicans who was fired in 2013 hours after complaining about her […]

The former Navy Seal most often credited with killing Osama Bin-Laden was in northwest Iowa Thursday night. Robert O’Neill told the crowd gathered at the 32nd Annual Siouxland Chamber of Commerce Banquet that he took […]

The facility in Fort Madison that houses the state’s most dangerous criminals is hosting an event this weekend to reward its best behaved prisoners. Iowa State Penitentiary Warden Patti Wachtendorf says just 30 inmates were […]

A Waterloo man is charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of a young boy. Waterloo police say 23-year-old Walter Cordell Williams called 911 in July to report the drowning of a child in […]